[Russia's intelligence agency has been
on a mission to generate
"sustained mayhem on British and European streets",
the head of MI5 has said.
Giving his annual update on security threats
faced by the UK, Ken McCallum said
GRU agents had carried out "arson, sabotage
and more dangerous actions conducted
with increasing recklessness"
in Britain after the UK backed
Ukraine in its war with Russia.
MI5 had also responded to 20 plots
backed by Iran since 2022,
he said, although he added the majority
of its work still mostly involved Islamist
extremism followed by extreme
right-wing terrorism.
The complex mix of terror-related
threats and threats from nation states meant
MI5 had "one hell of a job on its hands",
he warned.
In a wide-ranging speech]
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8e15yr1gwo